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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning technology enable students all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and many other participants would like to better perceive these interesting new open education experiments. Teachers want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This interesting new book also examines the major 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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