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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are having to consider now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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