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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations are considering now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Students want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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