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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Cornell University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to better understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also researches the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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