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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in blended learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. 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. MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning institutions are struggling with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Niue to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to better perceive these promising new open education ventures. Teachers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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