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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Corporations want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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