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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advancements in electronic education technology are providing the means for students all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Tuvalu to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these important new open education endeavours. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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