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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology have empowered students all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these promising new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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