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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in e-learning are enabling students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Djibouti to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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