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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning enable humans all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these exciting new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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