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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Portugal to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Scholars want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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