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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in blended learning are enabling students all around the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Educators want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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