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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in e-learning technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Babson College to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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