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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in e-learning are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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