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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in online learning are enabling people all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions are struggling with today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like WizIQ to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Educators want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this crescive need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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