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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Vanderbilt University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and lots of other participants want to better understand these compelling new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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