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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology enable learners all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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