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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. New advances in online learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Vanderbilt University to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This new book also describes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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