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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in learning technology enable students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations are struggling with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Mongolia to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education experiments. People want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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