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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology have enabled humans in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology institutions must deal with now that blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Rochester to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage low motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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