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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in blended learning technology enable people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Colorado System to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to better understand these important new open education experiments. Academics want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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