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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in e-learning have empowered people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning organizations are dealing with now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Students want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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