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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in blended learning technology are empowering students in nations all around the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. People want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the 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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