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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advancements in blended learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like University of California, San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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