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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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