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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in electronic educational technology are enabling people all over the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Venezuela to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these promising new open education initiatives. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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