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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in blended learning technology are making it possible for students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is good? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Saint Pierre and Miquelon to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to better perceive these important new open education undertakings. Instructors want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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