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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in blended learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like CaltechX to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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