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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online learning have enabled people all over the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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