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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Tokelau to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Trainers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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