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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning enable people in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Trainers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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