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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like LinkedIn to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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