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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in blended learning technology have enabled students all over the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Universities want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desideratum for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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