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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in blended learning are enabling students in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Students want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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