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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online learning have made it possible for humans all around the world to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions have to consider today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Meetup to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these exciting new open education ventures. Researchers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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