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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in elearning technology enable humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations must deal with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Czech Republic to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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