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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in online education have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Bellevue University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these intriguing new open education endeavours. Researchers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the key 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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