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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in blended learning technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers make sure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like WizIQ to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better grasp these compelling new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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