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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Professors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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