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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in e-learning technology enable humans in all parts of the world to take classes online. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these compelling new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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