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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in e-learning technology have enabled learners all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Lesotho to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Universities want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This book also explores the major 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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