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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in elearning technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Queen Maud Land to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this increasing need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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