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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning technology have made it possible for students all around the world to take part in online classes. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is adequate? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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