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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in online courses. 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. MOOCs are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational endeavours. People want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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