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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in distance learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these interesting new open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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