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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in blended learning technology have enabled students all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Angola to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Scientists want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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