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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free but do not consistently 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 blended learning organizations are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Washington to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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