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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in distance learning have empowered people all over the world to take online classes. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a developing need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this growing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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