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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in e-learning are providing the means for students all over the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations are struggling with today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to be more aware of these exciting new open education ventures. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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