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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several topics that elearning technology organizations are dealing with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Tokelau to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Teachers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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