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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take courses online. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Romania to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Professors want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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