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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education technology are empowering humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Students want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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