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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these important new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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