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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology have made it possible for students all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of North Carolina to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education initiatives. People want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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