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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in e-learning enable humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Netherlands Antilles to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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