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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in distance learning have made it possible for learners in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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