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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic education technology have made it possible for learners all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Nagorno-Karabakh to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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