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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations are dealing with today because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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