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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in distance learning technology have made it possible for learners all over the world to take online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOC courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Students want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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