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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in electronic education technology have empowered learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Clipperton Island to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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