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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning have empowered humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Curtis Institute of Music to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these fascinating new open education experiments. Public servants want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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