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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in learning technology have enabled learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education experiments. Academics want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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