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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education technology enable students in nations all aver the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Madagascar to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these exciting new open education experiments. Teachers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also explores the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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