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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in elearning technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to better perceive these new open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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