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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest gains in distance learning have empowered students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations are having to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also reviews the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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