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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in digital education technology have enabled humans in every nation on earth to take classes online. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also researches the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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