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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in blended learning have enabled students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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