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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in blended learning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with today because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Marquette University to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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