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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in blended learning technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations are struggling with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Houston System to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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