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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning are providing the means for people all over the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Samoa to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these fascinating new open education experiments. Scholars want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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