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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in blended learning technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Romania to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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