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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with today because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Luxembourg to conduct these massive open online courses? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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