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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also explores the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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