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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in blended learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Vanderbilt University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these exciting new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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