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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in blended learning technology enable people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology institutions must deal with now that distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Andorra to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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