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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can we certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Facebook to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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