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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like British Sovereign Base Areas to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Students want to perceive how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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