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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in blended learning are making it possible for students all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience. How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Clemson University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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