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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in blended learning are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these exciting new open educational undertakings. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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