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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in elearning are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to take online classes. MOOC classes are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are having to consider today because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Twitter to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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