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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in electronic education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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