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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in blended learning technology are enabling students all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like openHPI to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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