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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in e-learning technology are empowering students in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Scientists want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also describes the 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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