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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advancements in electronic educational technology are making it possible for students all over the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Costa Rica to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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