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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in blended learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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