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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in electronic educational technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Indonesia to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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