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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in e-learning technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning institutions must deal with now that blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Netherlands Antilles to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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