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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. New gains in blended learning technology are enabling humans in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Arizona State University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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