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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in distance learning technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Tuvalu to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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