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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. MOOC classes are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Eritrea to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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