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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in blended learning are enabling people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Somalia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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