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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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