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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in blended learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning organizations are having to attend to now that learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Czech Republic to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these promising new open education ventures. People want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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