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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online education have empowered people all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations are having to consider today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Japan to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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