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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education ventures. Corporations want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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