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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in blended learning technology are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are struggling with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Florida to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Public servants want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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