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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in distance learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Bolivia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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