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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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