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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in blended learning are enabling people all over the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with now that blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Morocco to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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