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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online education are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Christmas Island to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to better grasp these open education experiments. Everyone wants to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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