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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in blended learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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