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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New gains in blended learning technology are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Afghanistan to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this growing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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