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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in blended learning technology have enabled learners all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like North Seattle Community College to conduct these massively open online courses? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to better grasp these exciting new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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