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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic education technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is all right? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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