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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in electronic educational technology are enabling learners all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Rutgers University to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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