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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in distance learning technology have enabled humans all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online education becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also studies the 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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