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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is passable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Reunion to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also articulates 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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