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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in online learning technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also reviews the most important 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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