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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in online education have empowered humans all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this growing need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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