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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning technology enable people all over the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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