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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Maldives to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing need for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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