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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take classes online. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are considering today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Boston University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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