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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in blended learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many issues that elearning institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Alfred State College of Technology - SUNY to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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