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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in e-learning technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to better understand these exciting new open education endeavours. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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