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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in blended learning make it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Ashmore and Cartier Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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