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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like WizIQ to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to perceive how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also deals with the major 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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