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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in electronic education technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also reviews 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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