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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education enable people all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Japan to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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