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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in e-learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Kingman Reef to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Universities want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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