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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in elearning enable people all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions have to deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Professors want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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