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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we make sure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this developing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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