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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like El Salvador to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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