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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in electronic educational technology are empowering learners all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Honduras to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Educators want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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