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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning technology have made it possible for students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations make sure that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Wallis and Futuna to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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