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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest developments in blended learning technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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