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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in blended learning are enabling humans all over the world to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like North Seattle Community College to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to better comprehend these important new open educational experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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