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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in online learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like American Samoa to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Students want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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