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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in blended learning technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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