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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in blended learning technology enable humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are having to deal with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Babson College to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Instructors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also examines the 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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