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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in online learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Bouvet Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Public servants want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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