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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these exciting new open educational experiments. Students want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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