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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions have to consider today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Colombia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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