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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online learning make it possible for learners all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions are having to struggle with today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is all right? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these promising new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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