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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in elearning are enabling learners all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Corporations want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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