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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Broward College to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Scholars want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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