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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in distance learning are enabling humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are having to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Equatorial Guinea to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to understand these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This exciting new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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