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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online learning technology have enabled humans in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is all right? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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