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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in distance learning have enabled people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Wallis and Futuna to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a desire to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better comprehend these compelling new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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