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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning have enabled humans all around the world to take classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these open education endeavours. Lecturers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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