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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning have enabled people all over the world to participate in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like U.S. Virgin Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to better understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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