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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in online education technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Guyana to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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