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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in learning technology enable students in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Estonia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of these significant new open education endeavours. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This definitive new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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