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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Rochester to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these fascinating new open education experiments. Trainers want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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