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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning enable learners all around the world to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are struggling with today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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