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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in blended learning technology enable students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to better grasp these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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