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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning make it possible for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are having to consider now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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