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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in e-learning are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Teachers want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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