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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are having to consider now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Public servants want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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