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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in learning technology have enabled people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider now that blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to better comprehend these promising new open educational experiments. Scholars want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this increasing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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