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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online education are providing the means for students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions are having to struggle with now that blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing demand for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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