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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to take online classes. MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is all right? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like State University of New York to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a demand to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Researchers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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