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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning have enabled humans in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education