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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in learning technology enable humans in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Cornell University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Scientists want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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