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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Cuba to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Academics want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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