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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in e-learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take courses online. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these MOOCs is adequate? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Northwestern University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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