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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in blended learning have enabled learners in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these new open education endeavours. Public servants want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also explores the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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