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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in learning technology enable learners all around the world to take part in courses online. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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