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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in online education have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Iceland to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Instructors want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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