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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in blended learning technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOCs are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are struggling with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these important new open educational ventures. Teachers want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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