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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning institutions have to consider today because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like WizIQ to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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