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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning are providing the means for students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these important new open education endeavours. Teachers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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