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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Vanuatu to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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