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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in blended learning technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Educators want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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