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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education make it possible for students all around the world to take classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Jarvis Island to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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