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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in e-learning have enabled students all around the world to take part in classes online. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Ohio State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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