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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in learning technology are enabling students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with today because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Eritrea to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing demand for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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