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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in blended learning enable people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions are having to deal with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Howland Island to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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