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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in electronic education technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions have to consider now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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