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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in online education are providing the means for humans all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Berklee College of Music to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a developing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these interesting new open education endeavours. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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