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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in electronic educational technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning organizations have to deal with today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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