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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in blended learning technology have provided the means for learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This amazing new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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