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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning technology are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Mayotte to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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