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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like openHPI to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Trainers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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