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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in online learning have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations must deal with today because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Open2Study to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also reviews the most important 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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