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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in e-learning technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions are having to struggle with today because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Ross Dependency to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Students want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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