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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in technology-enhanced learning are enabling students all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can we make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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