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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in online education have enabled students all over the world to take online courses. These MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to better perceive these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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