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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education have made it possible for students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions are considering more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to better grasp these important new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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