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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online education have empowered people all over the world to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology institutions are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these compelling new open education endeavours. Researchers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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