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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in e-learning technology enable people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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