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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in blended learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations have to consider today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Armenia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this developing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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