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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning enable students all over the world to participate in classes online. 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. These massive open courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Iraq to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these compelling new open educational experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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