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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in blended learning are providing the means for humans all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational ventures. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also considers the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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