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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in distance learning have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these exciting new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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