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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. New advances in blended learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with now that blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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