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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in e-learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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