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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses. New advances in online education are enabling students in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions have to deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Jersey to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open education ventures. Lecturers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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