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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in blended learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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