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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in blended learning have enabled learners all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can we assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these exciting new open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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