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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in blended learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are struggling with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like El Salvador to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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