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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education are empowering people in nations all aver the world to take classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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