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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in blended learning technology have enabled students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations have to consider today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these MOOCs is adequate? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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