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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning technology enable people all over the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is decent? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for details the stimulating 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 controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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