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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in distance learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that e-learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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