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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in blended learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a developing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these open education experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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