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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in distance learning have empowered learners all over the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that blended learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Ross Dependency to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Teachers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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