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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Montserrat to conduct these massive open online courses? How can we manage issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this growing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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