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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in distance learning technology have enabled learners all over the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Researchers want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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