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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in blended learning technology enable humans all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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