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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern developments in blended learning technology have empowered humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these significant new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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