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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning organizations must deal with today because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these exciting new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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