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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in online education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Houston System to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Public servants want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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