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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic educational technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations have to consider now that distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality control for these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also addresses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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