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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in electronic educational technology enable people all over the world to take online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to better grasp these intriguing new open educational ventures. Professors want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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