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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning technology are enabling learners in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are considering today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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