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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education are enabling students all around the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations have to consider now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Ross Dependency to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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