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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Iceland to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a growing desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Professors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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