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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations are dealing with now that blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this increasing need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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