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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in electronic educational technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous subjects that blended learning institutions have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational ventures. Academics want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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