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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online learning technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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