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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in distance learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Pitcairn Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? How can participants handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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