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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in online education have enabled people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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