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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in e-learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this increasing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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