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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Afghanistan to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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