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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advancements in online learning are enabling students all over the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these important new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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