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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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