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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Clemson University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to be more aware of these interesting new open education experiments. Students want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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