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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in elearning have provided the means for humans all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations must deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Students want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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