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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in blended learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations have to deal with now that blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these promising new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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