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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning technology enable learners all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are having to consider today because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Aruba to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these compelling new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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