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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning are empowering humans all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these intriguing new open education ventures. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this growing desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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