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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in blended learning technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Minnesota to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to better understand these promising new open education ventures. Everybody wants to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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