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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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