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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in blended learning have empowered students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these MOOC classes is all right? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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