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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in blended learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning institutions are having to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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