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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers make sure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Aruba to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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