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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in distance learning are enabling humans all over the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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