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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in distance learning technology have made it possible for humans in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better understand these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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