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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning have provided the means for students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? This book conveys life-changing stories that might inspire others to try experiencing MOOCs and open education. How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these important new open education endeavours. Professors want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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