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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in online education technology have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to take courses online. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Students want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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