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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in elearning have made it possible for people all around the world to participate in classes online. These massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Moldova to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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