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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in online education technology enable people all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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