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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in learning technology are empowering students all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Pridnestrovie (Transnistria) to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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