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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online learning are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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