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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in blended learning technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to better comprehend these fascinating new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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