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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in electronic education technology have enabled students all over the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these important new open education ventures. Scientists want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also researches the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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