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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in distance learning have empowered humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are struggling with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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