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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in electronic educational technology enable humans in nations all around the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations have to consider today because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Washington to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Teachers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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