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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in blended learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are dealing with now that learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Teachers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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