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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in blended learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are having to struggle with now that blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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