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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in blended learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like YouTube to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these important new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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