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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions have to consider today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Denmark to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Instructors want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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