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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning technology are providing the means for learners all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is passable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Google+ to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and lots of other participants want to better understand these new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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