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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions are having to consider today because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Pittsburgh to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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