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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in elearning have made it possible for learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning institutions have to deal with today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these intriguing new open education experiments. Public servants want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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