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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online education are enabling learners in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations have to consider now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Universities want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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