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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. New developments in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for learners all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations must deal with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Instructors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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