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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning are enabling learners all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with now that blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these interesting new open educational experiments. Students want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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