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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in electronic education technology are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is decent? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Nepal to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to understand these new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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