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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online education technology are empowering people all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning institutions have to consider now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can institutions make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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