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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in blended learning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Bellevue University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Instructors want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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