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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. New changes in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans in nations all aver the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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