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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in e-learning have enabled people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions are having to deal with now that blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Clemson University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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