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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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