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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in blended learning are enabling learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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