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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in blended learning technology enable students in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Mauritius to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these important new open education undertakings. Universities want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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