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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning make it possible for students in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This new book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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