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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Professors want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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