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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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