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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in electronic education technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Bellevue University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle poor student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Universities want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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