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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in blended learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Honduras to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Educators want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This definitive new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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