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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in e-learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like New Zealand to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these compelling new open educational endeavours. Educators want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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