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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in blended learning technology enable students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desideratum for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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