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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning are making it possible for people all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Paraguay to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to understand these exciting new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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