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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in blended learning technology have enabled people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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