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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in e-learning have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Professors want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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