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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in learning technology enable people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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