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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in e-learning enable people all around the world to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a developing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to better grasp these new open educational experiments. Teachers want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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