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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in e-learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations have to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Washington to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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