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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in blended learning technology have empowered people in nations all aver the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to understand these interesting new open educational ventures. Researchers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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