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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning enable people all around the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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