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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Nepal to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Students want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing demand for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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