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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern changes in e-learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that e-learning institutions have to consider today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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