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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Cuba to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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