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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in online learning technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to better grasp these important new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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