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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education technology have made it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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