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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advancements in blended learning technology make it possible for people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also researches the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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