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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in blended learning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also explores the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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