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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning are enabling learners all around the world to take part in courses online. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. People want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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