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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in blended learning have provided the means for learners all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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