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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in blended learning are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions have to consider now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenupEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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