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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in distance learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Open2Study to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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