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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding need for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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