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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning technology have made it possible for students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a need to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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