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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in online learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses? How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education ventures. Researchers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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