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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online education are enabling people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are struggling with today because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can we certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Spain to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education undertakings. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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