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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in e-learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions must deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like Croatia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also explores the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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