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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in blended learning have empowered humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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