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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in distance learning have made it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Canvas Network to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these important new open education undertakings. Professors want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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