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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in elearning technology have enabled students all around the world to take online classes. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning organizations are having to consider now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these interesting new open education experiments. Academics want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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