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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in distance learning are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions have to consider now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to better understand these significant new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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