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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning enable learners all over the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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