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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning are empowering learners in nations all around the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations have to consider today because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Indonesia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these open education experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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