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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology have enabled humans in all parts of the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are struggling with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Wallis and Futuna to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Teachers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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