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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. New advancements in blended learning are making it possible for students in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These massive open courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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