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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in blended learning technology have empowered students all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions are considering now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these open educational experiments. Researchers want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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