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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in blended learning are empowering humans all around the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions have to consider today because learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Japan to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. People want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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