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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in blended learning are enabling learners in nations all around the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Wake Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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