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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in blended learning technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these open educational undertakings. Teachers want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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