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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning technology are making it possible for humans in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? How can we handle problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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