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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online learning technology have empowered humans all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Academics want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this developing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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