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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in blended learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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