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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest developments in elearning technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Montserrat to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these exciting new open education undertakings. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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