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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in blended learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also addresses the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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