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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Cape Verde to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to better grasp these new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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