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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in distance learning are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions have to consider today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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