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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in online education technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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