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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in online education are enabling learners in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to better understand these new open educational experiments. Trainers want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this desire for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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