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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in blended learning technology are empowering humans all around the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Zambia to conduct these MOOCs? How can educators handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these interesting new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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