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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education are enabling learners all around the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Hong Kong to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants need to better grasp these open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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