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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advances in blended learning make it possible for people all around the world to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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