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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning have enabled humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are struggling with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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