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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advancements in blended learning technology are enabling students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience. How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Botswana to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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