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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. New gains in online education are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC San Diego to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. People want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this desideratum for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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