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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning are enabling people all over the world to take courses online. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology organizations have to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to understand these promising new open educational ventures. Professors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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