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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in blended learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Jersey to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Students want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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