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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online education are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions must deal with today because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to understand these exciting new open educational ventures. Students want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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