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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Morocco to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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