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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in blended learning technology have enabled learners all over the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Argentina to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these compelling new open education ventures. Lecturers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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