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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in e-learning are enabling learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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