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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in distance learning technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take courses online. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations have to consider today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Nepal to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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