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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in blended learning technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is decent? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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