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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in blended learning technology are enabling learners all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations are considering today because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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