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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern developments in online learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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