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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology institutions have to consider now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Scholars want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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