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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these new open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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