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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in blended learning have made it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology institutions are considering today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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