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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online education technology have provided the means for students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators make sure that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Queen Maud Land to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education ventures. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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