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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. New advancements in distance learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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