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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this demand for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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