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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in blended learning enable learners in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions have to consider today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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