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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning technology have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to take courses online. MOOCs are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning organizations are having to attend to today because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can we get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also reviews the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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