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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in blended learning technology have provided the means for students in nations all aver the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we make sure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Peter I Island to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Scientists want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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