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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in blended learning technology have enabled humans in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Iran to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Public servants want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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