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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in blended learning technology enable people all over the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Fiji to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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