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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in distance learning are empowering people in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are dealing with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Peter I Island to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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