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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in blended learning technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Paraguay to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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