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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in blended learning technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning institutions are considering now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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