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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online learning have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Vietnam to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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