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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning technology enable students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are struggling with now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Rutgers University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing demand for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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