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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in blended learning enable students all over the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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