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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in electronic education technology are making it possible for students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Students want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this growing desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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