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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online learning technology enable learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning institutions are dealing with today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Cook Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these important new open educational initiatives. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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