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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in blended learning technology have made it possible for students all over the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we make sure that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Rutgers University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to understand these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the key 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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