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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Solomon Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online education becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of these new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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