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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in online learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to take part in online courses. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Virginia to conduct these massively open online courses? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this crescive desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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