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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in blended learning enable students all over the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations have to deal with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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