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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in blended learning technology are enabling students all over the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations must deal with today because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Public servants want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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