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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions are having to deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these important new open education experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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