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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in blended learning make it possible for people all over the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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