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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in blended learning are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Angola to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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