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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that online education institutions are considering today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Central African Republic to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Public servants want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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