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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in online education technology enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with now that distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Kiribati to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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