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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in electronic education technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations are considering more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to better grasp these significant new open educational ventures. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also describes the most important 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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