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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in blended learning technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are dealing with today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Universities want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also addresses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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