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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in online learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations must deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Iceland to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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