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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in distance learning technology are empowering learners all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to perceive how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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