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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education technology are empowering learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Aruba to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education ventures. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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