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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in electronic educational technology have made it possible for students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these exciting new open education ventures. Corporations want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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