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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in e-learning enable students all around the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations have to consider today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can we assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Slovenia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this increasing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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