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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Howland Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational experiments. Students want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This exciting new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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