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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in e-learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning institutions must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also deals with the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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