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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in blended learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning institutions are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing need for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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