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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in blended learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations must deal with today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Cornell University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to better perceive these new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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