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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these interesting new open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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