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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advancements in learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can we ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Everybody wants to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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