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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning have enabled students in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these compelling new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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