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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in technology-enhanced learning have empowered learners all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also examines the most important 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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