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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in e-learning have provided the means for students all around the world to take online courses. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning institutions have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like OpenupEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Scholars want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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