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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in blended learning have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of New Mexico to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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