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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. New developments in online learning technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education initiatives. Academics want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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