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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online education make it possible for learners all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations must deal with today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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