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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations are having to consider now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Greece to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this increasing demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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