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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in blended learning have made it possible for students all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions have to consider now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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