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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Estonia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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