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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in blended learning technology are enabling humans all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these new open educational experiments. Universities want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also researches the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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