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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in distance learning are making it possible for learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free 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 numerous subjects that blended learning institutions are considering now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Haiti to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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