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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning have made it possible for learners all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these interesting new open education endeavours. Academics want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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