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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in elearning enable students in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations are having to consider today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Wellesley College to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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