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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning are enabling students in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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