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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in online learning are empowering people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Vanderbilt University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage poor motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Universities want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this growing demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also describes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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