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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in elearning technology have made it possible for students in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational experiments. Academics want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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