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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions have to consider today because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like openHPI to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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