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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern changes in distance learning are providing the means for learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this growing desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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