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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in blended learning have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Bouvet Island to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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