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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in elearning technology are empowering students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Educators want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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