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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in blended learning technology enable learners in every nation on earth to take online classes. MOOCs are mostly 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 variety of topics that online learning institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is all right? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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