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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning technology have enabled students all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Public servants want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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