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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in blended learning technology enable people all over the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these significant new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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