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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education enable students all over the world to take online classes. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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