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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Isle of Man to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a desire to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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