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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in elearning have provided the means for humans all over the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are having to deal with today because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Ball State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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