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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. New changes in online learning technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to better perceive these intriguing new open educational experiments. Trainers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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