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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Scottsdale Community College to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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