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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in electronic education technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations have to consider today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to better understand these fascinating new open education undertakings. People want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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