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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in blended learning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions have to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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