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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Marquette University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these compelling new open education initiatives. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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