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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in online education have enabled learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Jordan to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to understand these interesting new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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