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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. People want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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