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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in blended learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Students want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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