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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in online education are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these exciting new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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