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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning are enabling humans in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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