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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in blended learning are making it possible for humans all over the world to take online courses. MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational experiments. Instructors want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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