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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning are providing the means for learners all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like LinkedIn to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Educators want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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