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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning technology enable people all over the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are dealing with today because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Indonesia to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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