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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in blended learning are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in courses online. 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. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions must deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Niger to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to better understand these significant new open educational experiments. Educators want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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