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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in learning technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions have to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these compelling new open educational ventures. Corporations want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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