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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take courses online. These massively open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to better grasp these exciting new open educational ventures. Instructors want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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