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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online learning technology are making it possible for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these new open educational undertakings. Educators want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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