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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in online learning technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. These massive online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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