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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New changes in blended learning technology enable learners in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Dominican Republic to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Students want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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