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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Georgia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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