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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in learning technology enable students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are considering today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education experiments. Academics want to perceive how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also examines 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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