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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in blended learning are enabling people all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Babson College to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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