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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in distance learning have enabled people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners 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 many issues that learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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