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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in blended learning have empowered people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with today because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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