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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in blended learning technology have empowered humans all over the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Concordia University Wisconsin to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Everyone wants to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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