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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education are empowering people in nations all around the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a need to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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