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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in blended learning technology are enabling learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning organizations have to consider now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Costa Rica to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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