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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in blended learning technology are enabling students all over the world to take part in classes online. These MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to better understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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