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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like LinkedIn to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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