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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in online education have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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