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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in blended learning have enabled students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Belarus to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education initiatives. Intellectuals want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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