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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in blended learning technology enable people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations are considering today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these promising new open educational undertakings. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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