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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions have to consider today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is passable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Ireland to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Educators want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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