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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning have empowered learners in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open educational experiments. People want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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