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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education technology have enabled humans all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Laos to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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