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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in electronic educational technology are empowering learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Academics want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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