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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in e-learning are empowering people in nations all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions must deal with now that blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Japan to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to better understand these significant new open education ventures. Students want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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