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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in blended learning are providing the means for learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education organizations are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Queen Maud Land to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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