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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in elearning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Open2Study to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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