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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in online education technology enable people all over the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning organizations have to consider now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Martinique to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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