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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in blended learning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like The New School to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better understand these open education ventures. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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