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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to be more aware of these compelling new open education endeavours. Trainers want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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