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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in blended learning technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Korea, North to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a growing desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to better grasp these compelling new open educational ventures. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This book also explores the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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