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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations have to consider now that blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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