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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in elearning have enabled people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with now that blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also explores the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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