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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning have empowered students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Georgetown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to understand these fascinating new open educational endeavours. People want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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