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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning have provided the means for people all over the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this growing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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