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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in electronic educational technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Finland to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. People want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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