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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to take online courses. MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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