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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in online education technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Central Florida to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these fascinating new open education experiments. Students want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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