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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in distance learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning organizations are considering now that distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Minnesota to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these promising new open educational endeavours. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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