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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning technology are empowering humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we make sure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Equatorial Guinea to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also explores the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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