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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in blended learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Helena to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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