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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these compelling new open educational initiatives. Students want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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