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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take classes online. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations have to consider now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations make sure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. People want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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