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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online learning technology have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these promising new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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