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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education enable learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Navassa Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also explores the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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