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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advancements in blended learning technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to understand these important new open education experiments. Universities want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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