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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest gains in blended learning technology are empowering humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Central Florida to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Scholars want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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