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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in digital education technology make it possible for people all around the world to participate in classes online. These MOOCs are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Tokelau to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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