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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online education are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions have to consider today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Public servants want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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