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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this crescive need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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