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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in blended learning technology have empowered learners in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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