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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in electronic educational technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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