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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with now that blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Luxembourg to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to understand these new open education undertakings. Academics want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing demand for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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