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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in elearning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to take online classes. MOOC classes are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are having to consider now that blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOCs? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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