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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in distance learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning institutions are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these compelling new open education ventures. People want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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