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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in distance learning technology enable students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning institutions are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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