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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Academics want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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