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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in blended learning have made it possible for humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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