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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education technology have made it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Guinea to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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