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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in digital education technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Liberia to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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