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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in blended learning technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions are having to attend to now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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