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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning technology have enabled learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions must deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these promising new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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