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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to better grasp these promising new open education endeavours. Professors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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