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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online learning are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education initiatives. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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