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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in digital education technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions must deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Trainers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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