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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in blended learning technology have enabled humans in nations all aver the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions are dealing with now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these new open educational experiments. Professors want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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