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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in blended learning technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Scholars want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also articulates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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