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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in electronic education technology have enabled learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Gibraltar to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these fascinating new open education ventures. Teachers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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