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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Kingman Reef to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a expanding demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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