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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning enable people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with now that online education technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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