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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New changes in blended learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that online education technology is developing so fast. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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