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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. New advancements in elearning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Svalbard to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. People want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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