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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with today because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also researches the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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