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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in blended learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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