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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in electronic education technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions must deal with now that blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to comprehend how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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