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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in blended learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions have to consider now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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