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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions must deal with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like Italy to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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