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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions must deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Chad to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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