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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in digital education technology have empowered humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Iran to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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