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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in blended learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Honduras to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Trainers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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