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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in electronic educational technology are enabling humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle low learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing need for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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