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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for students in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these important new open education experiments. Educators want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also explores the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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