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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning technology enable humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions are struggling with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like McHenry County College to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these new open educational experiments. Professors want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing demand for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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