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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in online learning enable students in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. These MOOCs are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Jersey to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this need for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also addresses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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