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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in blended learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Belarus to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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