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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in e-learning are enabling students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Heard Island and McDonald Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these compelling new open education experiments. Corporations want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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