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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in blended learning are enabling students in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC classes are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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