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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in elearning are enabling people all around the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with today because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Queen Maud Land to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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