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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in distance learning technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are considering now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these important new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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