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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in distance learning technology have enabled people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Cornell University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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