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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in learning technology enable students in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Students want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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