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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in online learning technology enable humans all over the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always 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 blended learning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Great Basin College to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also considers the most important 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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