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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning technology enable students in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are considering more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Helena to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education initiatives. Scholars want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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