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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology institutions must deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Clemson University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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