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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online learning technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these important new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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