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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for humans all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like The University of Chicago to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with 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 learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to understand these fascinating new open education undertakings. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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