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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for people all around the world to take courses online. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations are dealing with today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Universities want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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