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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in e-learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are having to consider today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Ohio State University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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