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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in blended learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like El Salvador to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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