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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in blended learning are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are considering more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everyone wants to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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