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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent changes in blended learning technology enable people all over the world to take online classes. These online MOOCs are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations are considering today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Cocos (Keeling) Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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