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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in elearning have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality control for these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this need for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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