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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in blended learning have provided the means for humans all over the world to be participants 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 online MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that e-learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Heard Island and McDonald Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to better perceive these promising new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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