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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning technology are making it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Davidson College to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Scientists want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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