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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in blended learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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