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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take courses online. MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Marquette University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Intellectuals want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also talks about the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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