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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning technology enable humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these important new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources