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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in blended learning technology have empowered people all around the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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